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Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 8, 2024

VOL. 186 NO. 14 April 08, 2024
semiconductor assembly
Credit: RTX

MANUFACTURING

Drawing of microchip with US flag
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How The U.S. Is Boosting Aerospace Semiconductor Supply

Apr 01, 2024
The U.S. is marshaling unprecedented resources to shore up its chipmaking capabilities. Results thus far are mixed.

FIRST TAKE

Mk. 1A variant of India’s Tejas fighter
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First Take, April 8, 2024

Apr 05, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

BUSINESS

David Calhoun holding binder
article

The Quarter When Boeing Broke

Apr 04, 2024
Boeing’s new leadership in Commercial Airplanes and at the top are likely just the beginning of major changes at the manufacturing giant.

SPACE

Starliner landing in White Sands Missile Range in 2022
article

Boeing Aims To Cap Starliner Development With Crewed Flight Test

Apr 04, 2024
The company is confident a spate of hardware issues and oversights are behind it.
Perseverance rover collecting samples
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Mars Rover Perseverance Collects 24th Sample

Apr 05, 2024
While NASA mulls plans to bring the samples to Earth, the collection is growing.

INTERVIEW

GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO Larry Culp
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CEO Larry Culp On GE Aerospace’s New Start

Apr 02, 2024
In a wide-ranging interview, Culp talks about the new company’s future and says he has no interest in taking his turnaround skills to Boeing.

SUSTAINABILITY

Airbus ZEROe aircraft concept
article

With 2035 In Sight, Clean Aviation Gains Momentum

Apr 03, 2024
Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.
sustainable aviation fuel production
article

European Commission And Neste Say SAF Will Not Be In Short Supply

Apr 04, 2024
The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.

ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY

Joby Aviation concept art
article

Vertical Integration Marks Key Split Between Joby And Archer

Apr 02, 2024
The two front-runners in the nascent U.S. air taxi market have staked out sharply different paths in their manufacturing strategies.

MILITARY SPACE

bistatic synthetic aperture radar image of a Pakistani dam
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Bistatic Radar Opens New Path To Space-Based Target Tracking

Apr 04, 2024
Umbra Space is the latest commercial space company to show that bistatic coupling of two radar satellites could be used to implement moving target indication.
Person sitting with tablet next to Starlink terminal
article

How Flat-Panel Antennas Are Changing The Satellite Industry

Apr 05, 2024
The U.S. military wants terminals to connect with multiple satellite constellations.

DEFENSE

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall studies 3D-printed UAV
article

DARPA Targets Contested Logistics In New Strategy

Apr 02, 2024
Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.
Two U.S. Air Force pilots in aircraft
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Pentagon Efforts To Address Pilot Shortage Have Not Produced Results

Apr 01, 2024
After years of scattered attempts to keep pilots in service failed to change the trend, the Air Force is renewing outreach to its aircrews.
Concept art of two futuristic aircraft flying
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UK RAF Seeks Onshore Ecosystem For Autonomous Collaborative Aircraft

Apr 05, 2024
A new Royal Air Force strategy lays out plans for the introduction of larger systems after having developed small, swarming platforms.
Saab Gripen E
article

Is A Third European Next-Generation Fighter Project In The Offing?

Apr 04, 2024
Sweden is beginning to ponder what follows the Gripen as it looks to preserve its national combat aircraft development capability.

LAUREATES 2024

article

Aviation Week Presents The 2024 Grand Laureate Award Winners

Apr 03, 2024
Continuing an annual tradition dating back to 1957, Aviation Week Network editors honored a wide variety of industry accomplishments.

TECHNOLOGY

Quarterhorse Mk. 1
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The Week In Technology, April 1-5, 2024

Apr 01, 2024
High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.

OPINION

Boeing aircraft
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Opinion: What Manufacturers Can Learn From Boeing’s Mistakes

Apr 03, 2024
Two inconvienent truths about the tumult at Boeing.

DEPARTMENTS

Boing Max Thrust Engine
article

Letters From Our Readers, April 8, 2024

Apr 05, 2024
Readers write about Boeing’s problems, microwave weapons, KAI’s vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle, futuristic concepts and Climate Impulse project partner Syensqo.
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New Positions, Promotions, Honors And Elections, April 8, 2024

Apr 05, 2024
Recent appointments, promotions and honors in the aviation and aerospace industry.
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Aviation Week Events, April 8, 2024

Apr 05, 2024
A roundup of upcoming conferences and exhibitions.